He is a very talented person with a free
and generous attitude(文采風流)
In the Tang Dynasty of China, there was a
famous painter. His name is Cao Ba.
His story is written in history books.
His ancestor is Cao Pi, who founded the Cao
Wei Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms period in China. His family background is
very good.
He was very good at painting portraits of
horses and people, and the kings and nobles of the Tang Dynasty loved his
paintings.
There was a very great poet in the Tang Dynasty
of China and his name was Du Fu.
In Cao Ba's later years, Du Fu visited him
several times.
They became good friends, and Du Fu once
wrote a poem describing Cao Ba's life.
The general idea of the first eight lines
of this poem is as follows.
Cao Ba's ancestor was Cao Cao, a famous
minister in the late Han Dynasty, but after more than 400 years, his family
changed from an aristocratic family to an ordinary common people.
The Three Kingdoms period at the end of the
Han Dynasty was an era of chaos and division. Many heroes appeared in this era.
That distant era is far away from us, but I
can still see the appearance of his ancestors in Cao Ba. He is a very talented
person with a free, generous and unrestrained attitude.
Cao Ba studied Chinese calligraphy for a
while when he was young. Later, he thought that his talent in calligraphy was
not enough. He thought that no matter how hard he tried, he would not be able
to become a master of Chinese calligraphy.
Later he turned to the study of Chinese
painting, which he devoted his whole life to.
He shared with me his feelings about the
decades he spent studying Chinese painting.
Because he was so focused and concentrated
on how to improve his painting skills, he often forgot the existence of time
when he was concentrating on his studies.
He never worried about making more money or
improving his social status. He felt that his heart was truly satisfied in the
process of concentrating on painting.
This idiom means that he is a very talented
person with a free, generous and unrestrained attitude.
Dear friend, what inspirations or thoughts
do you have after listening to this story?
Do you have a job or a hobby that you are
very passionate about? Have you ever experienced the feeling of being so focused
that you forget the existence of time?
I hope this story gives you some new
insights.
文采風流(He is a very talented person with a
free and generous attitude)
中國的唐王朝，有一個著名的畫家。他的名字叫做曹霸。
歷史書上記載了他的故事。
他的祖先是在中國的三國時代創建造曹魏王國的曹丕，他的家庭背景非常的好。
他非常擅長畫馬與人物的肖像，唐王朝的國王與貴族們都很喜歡他的畫。
中國的唐王朝有一個非常偉大的詩人，這個詩人的名字叫做(杜甫)。
曹霸晚年的時候，杜甫曾經拜訪過他好幾次。
他們兩個成為好朋友，杜甫曾經寫過一首詩，杜甫在這首詩中描繪了曹霸的一生。
這首中的前八句詩的大意如下。
曹霸的祖先是是漢王朝末年著名的大臣曹操，但是經過400多年後，他的家族從原本的貴族世家變成平常的百姓。
漢王朝末年的三國時代是一個混亂與分裂的時代，那個時代中出現了很多英雄人物。
那個遙遠的時代已經離我們非常遠了，但是我在曹霸的身上卻依舊可以看到他的祖先們的樣子，他是一個非常有才華而且態度自在大方又不受拘束的人。
曹霸在年輕的時候曾經學過一段時間的中國書法，後來他認為他在書法上面的天賦不夠，他認為自己就算再努力也無法成為一個中國書法的大師。
後來他轉而學習中國繪畫，他花費了他一輩子的時間與精力。
他跟我分享他學習中國繪畫這幾十年來的感受。
他因為太專心與專注在如何讓自己的繪畫技巧變的更好，他在專心研究的時候常常忘記時間的存在。
他沒有花心思去讓自己賺更多的錢與讓自己更有社會地位，他在專心繪畫的過程中感受到他的內心獲得了真正的滿足。
這句成語的意思是他是一個非常有才華而且態度自在大方又不受拘束的人。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的啟發或有怎樣的想法呢。
你有一個會讓你非常狂熱的工作或嗜好嗎?你曾經體會過因為太專心所以忘記時間的存在的感受嗎?
我期待這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處為歷代名畫記-卷9-76條
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出處為杜甫-丹青引贈曹將軍霸